This timely volume from MIT faculty examines six technologies that are central to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security: critical minerals, semiconductors, biomanufacturing, quantum computing, drones, and advanced manufacturing. The chapter by Ruane and Oliver is explores how quantum computing can enable long-term U.S. leadership through a sustained and bold science and engineering agenda.
About the authors: A chapter of Priority Technologies dealing with quantum computing was co-written by Jonathan Ruane and William D. Oliver. Jonathan is a Research Scientist at the IDE and a Lecturer in MIT Sloan’s Global Economics and Management group. William is a Professor of Physics at MIT and Director of the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering.